Cooked?Dumpling Center
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 3, 2026 →
- address179 Massachusetts Av, Boston 02115
Is Dumpling Center clean?
Dumpling Center is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 3, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Dumpling Center?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Sponges Use Limitation (C)
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C)
- ⚠️Warewashing Machine Data Plate Operation Specifications (C)
- ⚠️Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf)
- ⚠️Cooking and Baking Equipment (C)
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- ⚠️(A) (B) and (D) Equipment Utensils Linens and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles Storing (C)
- ⚠️Cleaning Receptacles (C)
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf)
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C)
When was Dumpling Center last inspected?
Dumpling Center has 1 inspection on record going back to August 3, 2026.
August 3, 2026 Fail
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View full inspection →Dumpling Center vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 82% clean across 500 tracked restaurants — 405 clean, 45 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 500 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 4% of them.
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How Boston grades restaurants
Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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